Sunday, April 18, 2010

Sunday Walk

In about a month, I'll be able, once again, to post pictures of the things I'm working on. But I still have 3 projects left to knit for the Fair Isle book (a pair of socks, which I should finish today, a pair of gloves whose yarn could arrive tomorrow, and a shawl whose yarn should arrive Wednesday). (Yeah, you read that correctly- a Fair Isle shawl!)(!!!). But the end is in view- the final weeks are going to be like the final weeks of every book- hectic and full of End of the Book Breakdowns. And probably sporadic, photo-filled, blog posts.

In the meantime, please continue to put up with my general blather (as opposed to my usual specific blather). We walked into town to get the paper this morning again.

Can you spot the anthill? It was too chilly for them to be out and about, doing their little anty things, but as soon as the sun appears, the top of that mound will be roiling.

The trees have a green tinge. Leaves are not far behind.

A week of sunny days, and these ornamental crabs will be in full bloom, and beautiful to behold.

When creek banks wash away, the fences are left hanging.

Lilac leaves!

These old-style grain elevators are disappearing as quickly as they can be torn down and replaced with huge steel bins. Even the smallest South Dakota towns had one next to the train tracks. The new bins are big, but squat, and they're not visually impressive. Our skylines will look empty without these elevators.

2 comments:

As a kid we could always tell when we were getting close to a town because we could see the grain elevators. I will miss that piece of history. It may be an improvement BUT their removal will be a lost piece of SD history.

Clarification : All foot measurements in the instructions are to be measured after the heel is finished. Measure the foot flap and gusset heel socks from the gusset edge, and measure the foot for short-row heel socks from the first full round after completing the heel.
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When you come upon instructions that say knit as for, referring you to a different pattern for the next step (for example, to the 40 stitch flap and gusset heel), knit that portion of your heel as you would for the referred pattern. In other words, knit it in the same manner, using the same short-row technique as in the referenced instructions. Knitting "as for" does not mean that you are to use the same number of stitches (which would be impossible, since only the 40 stitch heel uses forty stitches). Work the first two rows of your listed heel instructions, and then continue in the same manner as the 40 stitch flap and gusset heel (in other words, work one more stitch on each row, before doing the decrease and turn), until you have worked across all of the stitches.

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I'm a writer (6 mysteries, one mainstream novel, 5 knitting books, lots of designs and reviews, paper dolls, blather), wife, mother, and grandmother. I knit, I watch TV obsessively while I knit, I spin, I read, I listen to music, and I talk. A lot.